Regorafenib for treatment of advanced gastrointestinal stromal Tumors

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 549-558

  Overton, Lindsay C ^a   Heinrich, Michael C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Kinase inhibitors; KIT; Platelet derived growth factor receptor ; Sarcoma; Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB; REGORAFENIB; SUNITINIB;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHEMISTRY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; PHARMACODYNAMICS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THROMBOSIS; TOXIC HEPATITIS; VOICE DISORDER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PYRIDINES;

EID: 84893652175     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: 17447666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2014.877888     Document Type: Article

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